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Tade Thompson
1) Rosewater
Author
Series
Wormwood trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry, and the helpless--people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumored healing powers. Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past. A sensitive, he can navigate the massive psychic space created by the dome. But when something within the dome begins killing other sensitives, Kaaro must...
Author
Series
Wormwood trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Rosewater Insurrection continues the award-winning, cutting edge Wormwood trilogy, set in Nigeria, by one of science fiction's most engaging new voices. All is quiet in the city of Rosewater as it expands on the back of the gargantuan alien Wormwood. Those who know the truth of the invasion keep the secret.The government agent Aminat, the lover of the retired sensitive Kaaro, is at the forefront of the cold, silent conflict. She must capture a...
Author
Series
Molly Southbourne trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Whenever Molly Southbourne bled, a murderer was born. Deadly copies, drawn to destroy their creator, bound by a legacy of death. With the original Molly Southbourne gone, her remnants drew together, seeking safety and a chance for peace. The last Molly and her sisters built a home together and thought they could escape the murder that marked their past. But secrets squirm in Molly Southbourn's blood--secrets born in a Soviet lab and carried back across...
Author
Series
Wormwood trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Life in the newly independent city-state of Rosewater isn't everything its citizens were expecting. The mayor finds that debts incurred during the insurrection are coming back to haunt him. Nigeria won't let Rosewater go without a fight. And the city's alien inhabitants threaten mass murder for their own sinister ends...It's up to a small group of hackers and criminals to prevent the extraterrestrial advance. Kaaro, his former handler, Femi, and the...
Author
Series
Molly Southbourne trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Description
Who was Molly Southbourne? What did she leave behind?
A burnt-out basement. A name stained in blood. Bodies that remember murder, one of them left alive. A set of rules that no longer apply.
Molly Southbourne is alive. If she wants to survive, she'll need to run, hide, and be ready to fight. There are people who remember her, who know what she is and what she's done. Some want her alive, some want her dead, and all hold a piece to the puzzles in...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Beyond the familiar tropes of knights and castles, elves and dragons, there is a whole world of possibilities for fantasy literature. This anthology collects fantasy stories whose inspiration lies beyond the traditional medieval European basis. It brings exciting new stories and overlooked voices into the fantasy genre.This volume contains stories based on real cultures (or their magical analogues) from all over our world.A Chinese ex-soldier is confronted...
7) Wild Card
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
Kleine Flunkerei, große Wirkung: Weston Kogi kommt nach langen Jahren in England zur Beerdigung seiner Tante nach Alcacia, Westafrika, zurück und macht den Fehler, sich ein bisschen aufzuspielen und die Leute glauben zu lassen, er sei in London ein Police Detective. Ist er aber nicht, nur Wachmann in einem Einkaufszentrum.
Er wird von zwei rivalisierenden Rebellengruppen mehr oder weniger gezwungen, den Mord an einem Konsenspolitiker aufzuklären,...
Author
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2025
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young woman is recruited to be part of Nigeria's first ever space mission, but things go awry when the mission is thrown into chaos.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author
Publisher
Rebellion Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
A librarian helps a desperate student find the door into a book; Sir Thomas Moore's head is stolen and a messy rescue ensues; a mother sells a piece of her memory so her daughter can afford an education.
Science fiction is the story of what if and what comes next. It's more playful, more inclusive and more entertaining than it has ever been before and as the world falls apart around us, it offers us a chance to understand how things could
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